He who comes to a conclusion when the other side is unheard, may have been just in his conclusion, but yet has not been just in his conduct.
SENECA THE YOUNGERHis head was turned by too great success.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The worse a person is the less he feels it.
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Successful villany is called virtue.
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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Its harder for people to seek retirement from themselves than from the law
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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I am ashamed of my master and not of my servitude.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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Philosophy does not regard pedigree, she received Plato not as a noble, but she made him one.
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God is near you, is with you, is inside you.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow one.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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